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TfW Class 67+Mk4 sets: trip planning/experiences, diagram updates etc

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The morning Swansea - Manchester was a 67+MkIV set this morning, thundering away at the platform as I got on my GWR. Appears to have kept good time before losing 20 minutes between Craven Arms and Shrewsbury.
 
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sd0733 said:
Ignore the bit about 1W11 etc, that diagram is now withdrawn and replaced by a 3 car 197 diagram Monday-Friday this week so nothing will swap in even if one became available.

Same next too then back to normal w/c 4th August. Could well be a result of losing HD03 to repairs.
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Ta. Hopefully the 4 remaining diagrams will behave themselves in the meantime. Wouldn't surprise me.
 
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sd0733 said:
Ignore the bit about 1W11 etc, that diagram is now withdrawn and replaced by a 3 car 197 diagram Monday-Friday this week so nothing will swap in even if one became available.

Same next too then back to normal w/c 4th August. Could well be a result of losing HD03 to repairs.
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I asked TfW about diagram 2 if you’d booked in first class, but it’s unavailable. They’ve said you can use the next departure with First (2hr wait assuming no failure)… so I suppose I’ll be trying this, just leaving home later! Need to stop booking that diagram, it seems to be the most frequently swapped.

They also said you could ask the train manager to travel on the prior departure (if not first of the day!), but this seemed less certain… I’ve only ever met one guard on the Mk4s that wanted to be “to the book”.
 
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SaltAndVinegar said:
I asked TfW about diagram 2 if you’d booked in first class, but it’s unavailable. They’ve said you can use the next departure with First (2hr wait assuming no failure)… so I suppose I’ll be trying this, just leaving home later! Need to stop booking that diagram, it seems to be the most frequently swapped.

They also said you could ask the train manager to travel on the prior departure (if not first of the day!), but this seemed less certain… I’ve only ever met one guard on the Mk4s that wanted to be “to the book”.
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Can't you just book a standard ticket and then pay the upgrade to the conductor on board if you get lucky?
 
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Can anyone let me know whether the DVT is always fully platformed at Abergavenny and Pontypool & New Inn as I need to take a bike? Does it also depend on direction (northbound/southbound) and whether or not DVT is leading.

My only experience is at Cwmbran, where i can confirm from experience a leading DVT is not fully platformed northbound. Both driver and guard were uncertain when I queried at Cardiff, but they advised to put in a vestibule, which was just as well!
 
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SWML9102 said:
Can anyone let me know whether the DVT is always fully platformed at Abergavenny and Pontypool & New Inn as I need to take a bike? Does it also depend on direction (northbound/southbound) and whether or not DVT is leading.

My only experience is at Cwmbran, where i can confirm from experience a leading DVT is not fully platformed northbound. Both driver and guard were uncertain when I queried at Cardiff, but they advised to put in a vestibule, which was just as well!
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Pontypool is fine both directions
Abergavenny is fine going north at either end, coming south it won’t be on the platform if the DVT is at the rear
 
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